Thursday, December 18, 2014

Thirty Best Places for Book Lovers

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Shakespeare and Company in Paris:

Mark Twain said, “In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” 

If you suffer from bookaphilia, check out these venues!

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The Brain on Fiction

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According to psychologist David Comer Kidd, fiction does not just simulate a social experience, it is a social experience. Reading fiction can stimulate connectivity in the brain that will help the reader better understand other people in real life. Reading feeds the mind. Our brains on fiction give us enhanced performance. What good news--not that we needed an excuse for devouring books.

http://tinyurl.com/fiction-stimulates-brain

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